#BFAE33#BFAE33

#BFAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE33
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -7.41, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 61.98, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0268 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.138 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2212, 41.5892, 9.1983)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE33 #3344BF

analogous

#BF6833 #BFAE33 #8ABF33

triadic

#BFAE33 #33BFAE #AE33BF

tetradic

#BFAE33 #33BF68 #3344BF #BF338A

square

#BFAE33 #33BF68 #3344BF #BF338A

split-complementary

#BFAE33 #338ABF #6833BF

monochromatic

#5E5619 #8F8226 #BFAE33 #D3C55C #E0D68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE33

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE33	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c573',
    500: '#bfae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae33;
$custom-light: #d6c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74392,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE33

secondary

#838CCB

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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